I am trying to remove a component from a motherboard and have succesfully done this many times before but this new problem is that I am working with a new type of MB and the solder points are much smaller than the ones that I am used to. I just can't seem to get it out using copper braid. any other suggestions for removing solder from REALLY small points?
2007-05-29 04:32:01 · 3 answers · asked by minion 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Do you have a solder sucking tool? It is a spring loaded unit with a Teflon tip. You pull it back to set it and then put the tip on the solder. When you touch the solder with the hot iron and see it turn liquid you hit the trigger which releases the plunger and that sucks up the solder.
You might also need a soldering tip with a special shape (like a hollow rectangle or a straight bar or a tiny point) that will contact all of the parts you want to get solder off.
2007-05-29 04:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is this a "through-hole" component or "surface mount?"
Never seen a through-hole type have such Small solder joints.
If it`s surface mount, desolder one end at a time while lifting it away from the board.
Either way, if it gave Me much trouble I would cut the offending component away as best I could and solder the new one across the top/bottom of it.
Good Luck with it!
RT
2007-05-30 08:11:52 · answer #2 · answered by 2returner@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe just try touchin the soldering iron to it slightly, let the solder melt and try gettin it to drip off.. just careful not to hold the iron on too long.. is all i can think of
2007-05-29 04:45:01 · answer #3 · answered by rootzgirl34 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋